caning seat

Dave H · Post by **Dave H** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:09 pm

Just finished glassing the outside hull of my Osprey, now looking to finish the seat I'm making with the plans from Greenval.
where can one buy cane in Ontario,London area or Toronto.
Thanks
Dave
http://www.harman.wildrec.net

Dean in Eureka, CA · Post by **Dean in Eureka, CA** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:36 pm

Dave,
Try these guys:
http://www.hhperkins.com/

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:41 am

Dave, if you find any in the London area.
Please let me know.
I'm in the same boat, literally.
I was going to look at some of the larger craft stores.
Plastic cane, right?

Doug
London

Glen Smith · Post by **Glen Smith** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:28 am

When I lived in Montreal, there was nobody listed as a cane supplier. I walked into a store where they sold rattan furniture and they just happened to also do caned chair repairs. They were happy to sell me the materials I needed.

Dave H · Post by **Dave H** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:16 pm

Hi Doug
I was thinging of natural cane but also wondered about plastic.Any one else have coments?

Dean in Eureka, CA · Post by **Dean in Eureka, CA** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:37 pm

Dave,
I waivered back and forth on natural -vs- plastic for a while.
I figure that natural will add more value to the finished product, so that's what nailed it for me.
Being that I won't need the stuff right away, I'm going to go with e-commerce and get it from H. H. Perkins, they seem to be the most popular source of choice amoung boat builders.

Michael Freeman · Post by **Michael Freeman** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:05 pm

Dave,

You can mail order caning supplies from North Bay Canoe in Corbeil, ON. Nice people.
http://www.nbcanoe.com/mod.php?mod=cart ... &menu=1103

Michael

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:05 pm

Dave check with Martin Step (Green Valley), I think he recommends plastic, also, if I remmember correctly you can hardly tell that it is plastic.
Plastic more durable?
Colour change?

Doug

GeirB · Post by **GeirB** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:49 am

I made my seats of plastic cane from HHPerkins, as described in Gilpatrick`s book, superb look and feel. Used birch wood.
Have heard that natural cane will stretch when wet and not go back to original form. You will get a saging look on the seat??

Geir

Alan in Wisconsin · Post by **Alan in Wisconsin** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:12 pm

I used plastic from HHPerkins as well, also based on Gilpatrick book. The plastic is very durable, and those who use plastic complain about natural cane stretching when wet. People who use natural cane claim it doesn't stretch that much. The very few complaints I have ever heard about plastic cane all used cane from some other source than HHPerkins.

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